I’ve never read a Joe Abercrombie book (though they’re on my list to try one day), but this new cover for his fantasy BEST SERVED COLD caught my eye – it’s what I would picture a Kate Daniels cover to be, not quite what George RR Martin called “[…] a bloody and relentless epic of vengeance and obsession in the grand tradition, a kind of splatterpunk sword ‘n sorcery Count of Monte Cristo…”. What do you think?*

There’s a mini-Bloggiesta taking place next weekend (Feb 2-3) – I want to take part but not sure if it’ll work out time-wise. Is anyone planning on taking part?*

I’ve never been to an SF/F convention before, but World Fantasy Con is being held in Brighton this year AND next year’s WorldCon is in London. I kind of want to give one of them a go (probably the latter, because it’s, well, in London), but not quite sure who I can persuade to go with me (because I really don’t want to attend by myself). I’ve until April until the Loncon 3 membership rates go up, so I have some time to decide…*

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I kind of agree that the cover of Best Served Cold would fit Kate Daniels. Perhaps if they added some blood, it would fit a bit more the description by Martin. You know what though? I think they should have made the background clearer – the battle… Still a pretty cover though.

I love the cover to Best Served Cold, too! That’s how I picture Kate Daniels, too. Abercrombie’s books have caught my eye before.. I think the last one I spied at the library was HUGE, though, so I’m intimidated.

Thanks for the heads up on mini-Bloggiesta. I had no idea.. I probably won’t have time to play along. Too bad, too, because I could use the motivation to do some work on my blog. Are you doing it?